Electrothermal garment.



116.880,71@ PATRNTRD MAR. 3, 190s.

` B. R. CHARLES.

BLEGTROTHERMAL GARMENT. APRLIGATIORHLRD 00T.15, 1907.

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ELECTROTHERHAL GAREENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application mea october 1'5. 1907. Serin lo. 397.582.

To all whom it may concern: y

' Be it known that I, BURTON R. CHARLES, of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Electrothermal Garments,-

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the-accompanying drawing as constituting a part thereof.

This invention relates primarily to an electrothermal garment, to be worn on the body, and consists in arranging a series of insulated wires in the garment material, for treatment of diseases. Garments of this general type are known to be old in the art, but with s uch, they are designed to be used for medicinal purposes only. In other words, the wire vterminal connections, have been ,l arranged in such manner as to preclude Jthe wearing of the garment for ordinary house robe pur oses.

Accor( ing to m present invention I employthe usual wiring in the fabric, and have4 the terminals with the plug and controlling switch in the pockets, thereby concealing them when the garment'is used as a robe. The' plug and switch are connected to a sufficient length of wire to enable them to be easily and conveniently `handled when -it is desired to supply current for treatment.

The-invention also comprehends improvements in the specific details of'construction, which will be hereinafter referred to and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1` is a front viewof a thermal garment with my improvement alpplied. 2 is a rear view of the same, t 1e pockets eing broken away to show the plu and switch. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of. t e wire and plug, and one of the pockets, the plug being shown in dotted lines in the pocket. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the switch.

The numeral 1, indicates agarment, such as employed to substantially envelop the body of a wearer. The garment is provided with pockets 2, and 2, and the usual drawingI string 4.

nterwoven or otherwise placed in the garment are insulated-'wires 5, the terminals 5", 5, and 5b, 5", of which pass through the outer layer of the body of the garment in side the pockets 2, and 2. The wires `are olfnthe garment as indicated at 1*', and t 'en' stitched lto hold said coiled rtions in position and to prevent the coi s in the fabric being pulled out. To

the terminals 5, 5d, is secured a plug 8,-

adapted to be connected to a socket 9, of an ordinary incandescent electric lamp. The length of the wires outside the body of the garment is quite sufficient to permit of the plug being withdrawn from the pocket for convenient handling when using the improvement for treatment.

The terminals 5b, 5", extend through the garment at a point inside the pocket 2", and extends outwardly therefrom a short distance.I To the ends of these terminals 5", 5, is a switch 12, to enable a wearer of the gai'- ment to turn the current on or ofi' at will.

In use, the garment is placed on the body of the wearer, and the plug 8, is connected with a service current, then the switch is y turned ou to admit the current to the wires in the garment. After. the patient has been treated sullicicntly, the plug isdisconnected and. is stored inthe pocket 2, and the switch is likewise stored. in the companion pocket 2a. inasmuch as the plug and the switch can be so conveniently stored, aml`concealed, obviously the robe can now be used for ordinary house purposes, without letting it be known 'it is a thermal garxnent, or having the connections loosely hanging to be in the way.

I am aware 1t 1s old to provide a thermal garment with contacts whereby electric current 1s passed through the wires, but I do not claim broadly such a construction. My purpose being solely to conceal the switch and plug, and have them out of the Way that the garment may be used for ordinary purposes.

What I claim is: 1. A thermal garment .provided with a pocket, wires inthe garment, the wires passing through the garment into the pocket, a plug on the terminalsof the Wires to form electric connection, said plug and the wires connecting the same with the garment adaptred to be carriedin the pocket and concealed.

2. A thermal garment comprising a body portion having a pocket, wires in the body portion, said wires extending outside the body and fastened thereto inside the pocket, a contact plug on the terminals of the wires, said plug and the wires 'connecting the same with the garment adapted to be concealed in the pocket when the garment is used as an ordinary robe.

3. A thermal garment comprising a body portion having pockets, wires in the body ortian, said wires extending outside the body and fastened thereto insidethe pockets,

ny Contact, plusr 0n the terminals of theI wiris in one pocket, and :L switch on the terminals of tln` wirvs in thvv other pocket, thv plug and switch :unl tho wii'vs conncutin;r thc` sanne nith the gni-nient. znlapt'cxl to be concealed in tln Vnukots when the gm'nwnt is used for an mllnm'y house robol. A tlwrlnul lgurlnonL consisting of a body purl inn having; u -lwts,\\ji1'cs in thix garnnnt, j l0 the lvrnlnmls nl the wires extending through 1 Fw bully of the garment at a point inside the l pocket, Said wires bonn;l coiled Qn una secured to the garment at a point where the wires 5 pass from said garment., und a plug on the ends of the tornlinuls, snll plug adapten to bu concealed in the poclwt.

[n tcstilnonjv whereof l nllix 111)' signature v in prcsvncn of two witnnssus.

BURTON ll. CHARLES.

Witnesses:

Cisen. LONG, 

